Naruto Shippuden the Movie
劇場版 NARUTO -ナルト- 疾風伝
Naruto Shippuden the Movie
劇場版 NARUTO -ナルト- 疾風伝
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What this film brings
Content barometer
Violence
3/5
Notable
Fear
3/5
Notable tension
Sexuality
1/5
Allusions
Language
1/5
Mild
Narrative complexity
1/5
Accessible
Adult themes
2/5
Present
Expert review
This animated film delivers a fantasy adventure that is darker than many all ages cartoons, with a death prophecy, an ancient demon, and frequent ninja battles. The main concerns are the repeated sense of danger around Naruto's foretold death, several intense fight scenes, clear on screen deaths of villains, and unsettling imagery involving ritual sacrifice, possession, and monstrous forces. The action is highly stylized and not realistic, with little lasting gore, but the opening strongly suggests the hero's death and the funeral framing may upset younger children. Fear comes more from sustained tension, ominous atmosphere, and threatening creatures than from true horror, yet it is present throughout the story rather than in one brief scene. I would generally recommend it from about age 9, or from 8 with parental support for children already comfortable with anime action and themes of fate, sacrifice, and mortality.
Synopsis
Demons that once almost destroyed the world, are revived by someone. To prevent the world from being destroyed, the demon has to be sealed and the only one who can do it is the shrine maiden Shion from the country of demons, who has two powers; one is sealing demons and the other is predicting the deaths of humans. This time Naruto's mission is to guard Shion, but she predicts Naruto's death. The only way to escape it, is to get away from Shion, which would leave her unguarded, then the demon, whose only goal is to kill Shion will do so, thus meaning the end of the world. Naruto decides to challenge this "prediction of death."
Difficult scenes
The opening is likely the most difficult section for younger viewers. It shows a vision of Naruto being pierced through the chest by a monster, followed by funeral imagery where other characters behave as if he has truly died, which can be upsetting for children strongly attached to the hero, even though the story later clarifies the prophetic setup. One scene shows Yomi cutting open his own chest with a scalpel in order to become a vessel for the demon. The sequence is animated and fairly brief, without lingering gore, but the self inflicted injury and demonic possession are noticeably harsher than in a light children's adventure and may disturb sensitive viewers. Throughout the journey, Naruto and his allies face several opponents in repeated combat scenes involving hard hits, forceful throws, energy attacks, and credible life threatening danger. Some villains are clearly killed during these battles, which gives the action more weight than purely comic cartoon fighting. The story is built around a prophecy of unavoidable death and the idea that other lives may be used to protect the heroine. This fatalistic theme returns often in dialogue and in the dramatic tension, and it may lead children to ask questions about death, sacrifice, and whether fate can be changed.
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About this title
- Format
- Feature film
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Countries
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
- Directed by
- Hajime Kamegaki
- Main cast
- Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Yōichi Masukawa, Koichi Tochika, Ayumi Fujimura, Keisuke Oda, Daisuke Kishio, Fumiko Orikasa, Miyuki Sawashiro, Katsuyuki Konishi
- Studios
- Pierrot, TV Tokyo, Aniplex, dentsu
Content barometer
Violence
3/5
Notable
Fear
3/5
Notable tension
Sexuality
1/5
Allusions
Language
1/5
Mild
Narrative complexity
1/5
Accessible
Adult themes
2/5
Present
Expert review
This animated film delivers a fantasy adventure that is darker than many all ages cartoons, with a death prophecy, an ancient demon, and frequent ninja battles. The main concerns are the repeated sense of danger around Naruto's foretold death, several intense fight scenes, clear on screen deaths of villains, and unsettling imagery involving ritual sacrifice, possession, and monstrous forces. The action is highly stylized and not realistic, with little lasting gore, but the opening strongly suggests the hero's death and the funeral framing may upset younger children. Fear comes more from sustained tension, ominous atmosphere, and threatening creatures than from true horror, yet it is present throughout the story rather than in one brief scene. I would generally recommend it from about age 9, or from 8 with parental support for children already comfortable with anime action and themes of fate, sacrifice, and mortality.
Synopsis
Demons that once almost destroyed the world, are revived by someone. To prevent the world from being destroyed, the demon has to be sealed and the only one who can do it is the shrine maiden Shion from the country of demons, who has two powers; one is sealing demons and the other is predicting the deaths of humans. This time Naruto's mission is to guard Shion, but she predicts Naruto's death. The only way to escape it, is to get away from Shion, which would leave her unguarded, then the demon, whose only goal is to kill Shion will do so, thus meaning the end of the world. Naruto decides to challenge this "prediction of death."
Difficult scenes
The opening is likely the most difficult section for younger viewers. It shows a vision of Naruto being pierced through the chest by a monster, followed by funeral imagery where other characters behave as if he has truly died, which can be upsetting for children strongly attached to the hero, even though the story later clarifies the prophetic setup. One scene shows Yomi cutting open his own chest with a scalpel in order to become a vessel for the demon. The sequence is animated and fairly brief, without lingering gore, but the self inflicted injury and demonic possession are noticeably harsher than in a light children's adventure and may disturb sensitive viewers. Throughout the journey, Naruto and his allies face several opponents in repeated combat scenes involving hard hits, forceful throws, energy attacks, and credible life threatening danger. Some villains are clearly killed during these battles, which gives the action more weight than purely comic cartoon fighting. The story is built around a prophecy of unavoidable death and the idea that other lives may be used to protect the heroine. This fatalistic theme returns often in dialogue and in the dramatic tension, and it may lead children to ask questions about death, sacrifice, and whether fate can be changed.